News: Automotive
Kodiak Robotics, Inc. has begun making commercial truck deliveries in Texas using its new self-driving, long-haul trucking platform with safety drivers behind the wheel....
Blog: Transportation
A new-and-improved system from Stanford University captures light from a greater variety of surfaces, allowing a wider, farther imagery than ever before.
News: Regulations/Standards
Outside of Philadelphia, a 350,000-square-foot facility has been transformed into a modern factory where the Boeing Company will build fuselages for the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft....
News: Energy
Human Horizons of Shanghai, China has debuted a premium all-electric smart brand, HiPhi, with a production-ready prototype vehicle, HiPhi 1 – a premium...
Question of the Week: Software
A team from the University of Pittsburgh recently used machine-learning to create a butterfly-inspired, self-healing glass. Models from the San Francisco-based software company SigOpt helped engineers determine ideal characteristics for the material.
News: Test & Measurement
Helicopter manufacturer and Textron Inc. subsidiary, Bell Flight, is adding a new piece of standard equipment to its Bell 407GXi single-engine, civil...
News: Data Acquisition
Mercedes-Benz is incorporating what3words Limited’s three-word navigation technology directly into its standard vehicle navigation system.
INSIDER: Aerospace
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has adopted NASA’s Search and Rescue (SAR) office’s recommendations regarding the installation and maintenance of Emergency Locator...
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
In January 2016, researchers from AFRL started focusing on the ability to 3D-print parts for the Air Force – specifically, polymer architectures that can replace heavier and complex metal...
From the Editor: Regulations/Standards
The test phase of FDA’s Software Precertification (Pre-Cert) Program has hit its halfway point. The agency has released an update on its progress and the lessons it has learned to date. The program aims to “reimagine” how FDA regulates digital health devices,...
Blog: Energy
Scientists from Caltech and Northwestern University have found a way to generate electricity by combining saltwater with one of life's more undesirable compounds: rust.
News: AR/AI
Houston-based HTX Labs, LLC was awarded with Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II funding to continue adapting its EMPACT Virtual Reality (VR)...
News: Aerospace
Raytheon Company and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have made progress in hypersonic flight with the Tactical Boost Glide (TBG) hypersonic weapons program....
Videos: Medical
University of Michigan researchers are targeting large, complex bone wounds, where a lot of bone has been lost and the tissue around the bone has been damaged. These types of injuries...
Videos: Robotics, Automation & Control
An insect-sized robot created by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley can run at about the speed of a cockroach and is nearly as hardy. When stepped on, it still...
News: Propulsion
Mercedes-Benz engineers delight in setting new technology records—because they can then start a new program to break them. At Mercedes-AMG—the out-and-out...
Articles: Manned Systems
The automotive and commercial vehicle industries are working on answers to a tremendous number of questions no one bothered to ask before. Volvo, for example, wants to know if vehicles can have human intuition.
Technical Innovation: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Hydraulic system developers are moving on many different fronts as they strive to improve performance and efficiency. A full-system approach that includes more sensors and...
Technical Innovation: Green Design & Manufacturing
JCB is preparing to offer Stage V compliant engines across its equipment lines, with updates to its own engine range and changes to supplier models. Group director of engines Alan Tolley said that...
Technical Innovation: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
It began with spherical roller bearings more than 100 years ago and now SKF finds itself amid a digital transformation. Over the years the bearing company has expanded beyond...
Articles: Transportation
Jennifer Rumsey has been a member of SAE International her entire career and has participated in the organization’s COMVEC event as an attendee and occasional...
Application Briefs: Data Acquisition
MBDA IncorporatedArlington, VA703-387-7139www.mbdainc.com
In early 2019, the DGA (French Procurement Agency) and the French Army (STAT) organized a campaign to test the MMP land combat missile in extreme cold conditions....
Products: Motion Control
Temperature Elements for Flight-Critical Equipment
FCI Aerospace’s (San Marcos, CA) AS-TE Temperature Element Series sensors utilize precision resistance temperature detectors (RTDs) to provide superior accuracy, repeatability...
Briefs: Test & Measurement
The Navy is exploring ways to ensure an uninterrupted supply of potable water at remote installations.
Articles: Aerospace
The continued use of reciprocating engines has limited the UAV market’s ability to reach its true growth potential.
Briefs: Aerospace
This research involves a multi-perspective analysis of the WannaCry ransomware in the form of a cybersecurity exercise.
Articles: Communications
A centralized IMA approach offers several advantages.
Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Rostec State CorporationMoscow, Russia+7 (495) 287-25-25https://rostec.ru/en/
Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, part of UralVagonZavod Group belonging to Rostec State Corporation, has developed a mine roller to be installed on...
Articles: RF & Microwave Electronics
Sandia National Laboratories’ (Albuquerque, NM) Radar Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems enable a new product paradigm in radar capabilities and...